Category Archives: Grassroots

Taking SBYD On Tour – NYC June 16

We highlighted a couple of weeks ago Feed the Children’s cross-country effort, American Feeding Americans. Taking assistance to people, to communities is often necessary because of access issues, whether those…

Global game, global cause

Our friends at sportanddev posted an update of recent activity surrounding the FARE effort. FARE stands for Football Against Racism in Europe and it is a wonderful initiative addressing the…

ISDPA and the Power of Sport

The ISDPA (International Sport for Development and Peace Association) “brings together scholars, educators, practitioners, policymakers and advocates to advance scientific knowledge and practice with respect to the interdisciplinary field of…

It Takes a (Global) Village…of Hoopsters

I just learned of a very interesting event taking place tomorrow – sorry for the late notice! – that we want to highlight. The event marries three major themes –…

Kicking sport and development into high gear

The World Cup in South Africa has been generating buzz for the past several years, and with less than 4 weeks to the start of the event, that buzz may…

Ahmedabad Ultimate Integrity

We want to thank our friends at ThinkChangeIndia for first posting this at its site. To learn more about ThinkChangeIndia, please click here. “Ahmedabad Ultimate captures the spirit of the…

United in DC

Multiple parties come together to create a program with universal acceptance, a lack of bickering, and with the best interests of kids and their families in mind. Wonder what politicians…

A long trip home to do what is right

Mobolaji Akiode was an standout player for the Fordham University women’s basketball team from 1999-2003. After her playing days for the Rams were over, Akiode played for the Nigerian National…

Going long for Haiti

We have not forgotten about Haiti and neither has Indianapolis wide receiver Pierre Garçon. We were not able to connect with Pierre for our update on Haiti relief efforts but…

Let them play! Let them play!

All across the country there have been stories of sports programs in local communities and at junior/senior high schools being cut because of rampant budget shortfalls. It is startling in…